Kickback Features
The HS1200 offers advanced design in state-of-the-art bass amplification at an
extremely affordable price. Here are some of its main features
• Power to spare—a full 120 watts into 8 ohms.
• Bipolar design for clean, crisp sound—as well as our Transient Attack® circuitry,
which ensures that every nuance of your bass performance is reproduced
faithfully.
• Three bands of high-quality equalization, allowing you to create a broad range
of tonal colors for your bass instrument.
• A unique contour filtering system called “Shape.” This activates an equalization
curve specially designed to enhance the sound of the electric bass. In addition,
a Shape control enables you to continuously sweep a filter through various fre-
quency areas in order to customize the effect of the Shape curve to the specific
tonal characteristics of your particular bass instrument.
• A separate headphone output which automatically mutes the speaker output,
allowing the HS1200 to be used as a high-quality practice amp. In addition, a
front-panel Direct Out enables the HS1200 to be easily interfaced with external
sound reinforcement or recording mixing consoles.
• A feedback-type input that accommodates a broad range of input levels (up
to 15 volts), so that you can use the HS1200 with pretty much any kind of bass,
from passive models to those with active circuitry.
• Included is a matched Hartke 12” 8-ohm, or 8-ohm 15”, speaker mounted in a
specially designed “KickBack™” cabinet. When used in the “KickBack™” position,
the HS1200 acts like an onstage “wedge” monitor, adding high frequency clar-
ity and directionality to the sound.
• Rugged construction, metal screen speaker cover and carpeted exterior serve
to make the HS1200 eminently road-worthy.
Hartke
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DIRECT OUT
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SHAPE
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Hartke Systems
HS1200 BASS AMPLIFIER 120 WATTS
Transient Attack
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